New World Longest Flight With Emirates From Dubai to Panama

14 August 2015

New World Longest Flight With Emirates From Dubai to Panama

Qantas had been the holders of longest direct flight but Emirates is now set to beat competitor by a mere ten miles. The non stop service from the airelines Dubai hub to Panama City, Panama is set to be 17.5 hours. Emirates will be fly a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft which will launch 1 February 2016. The flight will stretch 8,590 miles according to the Great Circle Mapper website, outstripping Qantas's Sydney-Dallas.

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"Panama City will be our first destination gateway in Central America, providing a convenient option for our passengers travelling from or through our global hub in Dubai and onward to destinations throughout Central America, the Caribbean and the northern part of South America," Emirates CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said in a statement to The National of Dubai. "We're also pleased to be the only commercial airline to offer a daily, first class service to travellers on what will be the world's longest non-stop flight."